New York State must restore its Empire spirit
Two hundred years ago, New York State inspired the nation with an engineering marvel. By opening the Erie Canal in 1825, New York connected itself to the heartland, bringing farm...
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Universities must stand against extremism
Our leaders in academia play a vital role in our community in both educating our students and instilling the right values for the next generation. Where is the leadership?
New York’s terrible health inequity costs lives
Almost 60 years ago, at a press conference in Chicago, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed race-based health inequities in American society by declaring, "Of all the forms of inequality,...
What we lost: The Amazon deal represents the triumph of shallow rhetoric over economic reality
In the debate over the recent Amazon deal, local leaders focused on the wrong number. They were obsessed with the Number 3, for the $3 billion of incentives that Amazon...
Brother, can you spare a few billion? Adding up New York City’s pressing, and very costly, needs
The Depression-era song "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" was written not to depress, but to provoke. It questions how we could abandon our citizens after they built the nation,...
My dinner with Fidel: Recalling a brush with the dictator
As the world reflects on the death of Fidel Castro, I am brought back to one summer memorable evening I spent with Castro in Havana. I had traveled to Cuba...
Building the next New York: The city must create more housing to have a bright future. Here’s how.
Perhaps nothing captures the collective consciousness of New Yorkers more than housing. We are simply obsessed with it, eager to trade war stories about our respective real estate plights. But...
How to keep New York on top: A former city economic development official lays out four rules crucial to ensuring a growing, entrepreneurial city
The New York City to which I was introduced in the mid-1970s was very different from the one New Yorkers enjoy today. Crime was rampant; the subway system, painted with...